NAME

       sanoid - a policy-driven snapshot management tool for ZFS filesystems.

DESCRIPTION

   Usage:
              sanoid [options]

              Assumes --cron --verbose if no other arguments (other than configdir) are specified

              Options:

       --configdir=DIR
              Specify a directory to find config file sanoid.conf

       --cache-dir=DIR
              Specify a directory to store the zfs snapshot cache

       --run-dir=DIR
              Specify a directory for temporary files such as lock files

       --cron Creates snapshots and purges expired snapshots

       --verbose
              Prints out additional information during a sanoid run

       --readonly
              Simulates creation/deletion of snapshots

       --quiet
              Suppresses non-error output

       --force-update
              Clears out sanoid's zfs snapshot cache

       --monitor-health
              Reports on zpool "health", in a Nagios compatible format

       --monitor-capacity
              Reports on zpool capacity, in a Nagios compatible format

       --monitor-snapshots
              Reports on snapshot "health", in a Nagios compatible format

       --take-snapshots
              Creates snapshots as specified in sanoid.conf

       --prune-snapshots
              Purges expired snapshots as specified in sanoid.conf

       --force-prune
              Purges expired snapshots even if a send/recv is in progress

       --help Prints this helptext

       --version
              Prints the version number

       --debug
              Prints out a lot of additional information during a sanoid run